Changes in basal cell mitosis and transepidermal water loss in skin cultures treated with vitamins C and E

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 684-691

  Parish, William E ^a   Read, J ^b   Paterson, S E ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Epistem Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitosis; Relative humidity; Skin culture; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL); Vitamins C and E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MITOSIS; NUTRIENT; SERUM; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WATER; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KERATINOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MITOSIS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 23844496802     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2005.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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